According to the givn question we have the following verbal statement:
The difference of two times a number and five is eight.
The translation of this verbal statement into an algebraic equation would be the following:
2x - 5 = 8
So, to calculate the equation above, we would have to calculate the x value as follows:
First move the number -5 to the other side:
So,
2x=8+5
2x=13
x=13/2
x=6.5
The value of the x would be 6.5